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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1243, 27 September 1911, Page 6

The claim of residents along tho Manawatu line to be granted suburban railway concessions was presented ill Parliament yesterday by Mr. J. P. Luke, M.1 , . He pointed out that suburban privileges weregranted over a distance of only eight miles along the Manawatu line from Wellington, whq-ens on tho Hutt line, on the other side of the dividing hills, these privileges wero granted over a distance of twenty miles. It should be the aim of the Government, Mr. Luke urged, to' encourage people in every possible way to leave,congested city areas and establish homes, in tho suburbs. 'Mr. Luke, also asked what had become of the motor trains, upon which the Minister had reported to tho House some time ago. The Hon. .T. A. Millar indicated, in his reply, that the extension of suburban privileges on tho railways would be made with caution. He stated that a big question of money was involved. Claims similar to that ventilated by Mr. Luke were being advanced in. towns all over, the country. In many cases these claims came from areas that had no possible right to bo regarded ds congested. The Minister did not state definitely when the new motor trains would bo available. "Tho delay is costing tho Borough Council about Xl 2or .£l3 a week," remarked Councillor Hildrcth at last night's meeting of the Karori Borough Council, during a discussion which arose as tho result of a question by Councillor Standen as to when the new tramway time-table would come into operation. "Tho tramway authorities stated in a letter to us that'they could make the necessary alterations at a week's notice," ho concluded. Tho Mayor (Mr. Cathie) said he understood that the cause of the delay was tho fact that tho city authorities were altering their own time-table. The clerk stated that he would call on tho Tramway Department shortly, and no doubt the Karori Council would bo communicated with in duo course. "Found guilty nt London sessions of receiving a number of jackets which had been stolen, Arthur Picard, aged thirty, was stated to have earned ,C 3 n week InbepKins. He had lost his legs, and it was his practice to ho whrekd about tho West End seated by the side of a piano, organ. Sentence o[ two years' hard labour jv.as passed,